Bed-spring hanger.



J. F. LINN.

BED SPRING HANGER. APPLICATION FILED AUG.I1 1911.

Patented Apr. 1, 1919.

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JAMES F. LINN, 0F MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR T0 MINNEAPOLIS BEDDING COMPANY, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ACORPORATION.

BED-SPRING- HANGER.

Application f led August 1, 1917.

1 b all whom. it may concern.

Be it known that I, JAMES F. LINN, a citizen of the United States, resident of Minneapolis, county of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed-Spring Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide improved means for supporting bed springs on wooden bed-steads, eliminating entirely the use of the usual supporting slats.

A further object is to simplify and improve the bed spring hanger shown and de scribed in my pendlng application for Letters Patent of the United States, Serial No. 155,191, filed March 16, 1917.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following detailed description.

The invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Figure-1 is a detail sectional view showing my invention mounted on one of the side rails of the bed,

Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view through one of the rails, showingthemanner of supporting the bed spring thereon,

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the pivoted arm forming one member of the hanger,

Fig. 4: is a perspective view of the plate on which the pivoted arm is mounted,

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view, showing the manner of mounting th hanger on the bed rail.

In the drawing, 2 represents the side rail of a wooden bed and 3 the supporting posts therefor. tis a fabric spring mounted on the frame 5 in any suitable manner. 6 is a plate, stamped preferably out of sheet metal, and having holes 7 therein to receive screws 8 or other fastening means for securing the plate to the bed rail. Side flanges 9 are pressed outwardly from said plate and have slots 10 therein in opposin relation. 11 is an arm, also pressed out 0 sheet metal and having inwardly turned edges 12. The arm is curved in cross section, said edges forming Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1, 1919.

Serial No. 183,834.

a bracing means for stiffening the arm and havlng end portions 13 whlch, when the arm turned down to a horizontal position, bear on the lower portion of the plate 6 and are supported thereby against further downward movement. At the end of the plate 11 a section of the metal is rolled into the form of a hollow pivot pin, the ends of which project beyond the plate 11 on each side into the slots 10, the walls of which form bearings for the pivot to allow the arm to be swung to a vertical position, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 5, or turned to a horizontal position, as shown in said figure.

There are preferably two of these arms sheet metal of suitable gage, will be strong 7 and durable in construction and being pressed out of sheet metal by a single operation will be comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

I claim as my invention:

A bed spring hanger comprising a plate having a rear portion to be seated against and secured to a bed rail, the longitudinal edges of said plate being outwardly turned to form substantially parallel flanges and having opposing sockets formed therein, a supporting arm consistin of a plate folded longitudinally to form depending flanged edges and having its middle portion at one end folded transversely to form a pivot pin, the ends of said pin extending beyond said flanged edges to enter the sockets in the flanges of said plate and rock therein, the edges of the flanges of said arm extending under said pivot and engaging the lower portion of said supporting plate and 1imiting the downward movement of said arm.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of July, 1917.

JAMES F. LINN.

Copies of this patent may be obtainerl for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. 0. 

